Which of the following is true of Sampson’s collective efficacy theory?

a. It was inspired by Freudian psychoanalysis.
b. It advocates the use of police crackdowns to control crime rates in poverty-stricken neighborhoods.
c. It ignores the importance of neighborhood dynamics and how they relate to crime.
d. It can shed light on problems outside of crime, including occurrences of low birth weight babies and heat wave deaths.
e. It suggests that residents have very little control over the crime rates in their neighborhoods.


d. It can shed light on problems outside of crime, including occurrences of low birth weight babies and heat wave deaths.

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